The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
723 pages // published in 1865 // classic adventure
BOOK DESCRIPTION
After hijacking a balloon from a Confederate camp, a band of five northern prisoners escapes the American Civil War. Seven thousand miles later, they drop from the clouds onto an uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific. Through teamwork, scientific knowledge, engineering, and perseverance, they endeavour to build a colony from scratch. But this island of abundant resources has its secrets. The castaways discover they are not alone. A shadowy, yet familiar, agent of their unfathomable fate is watching.
What unfolds in Jules Verne’s imaginative marvel is both an enthralling mystery and the ultimate in survivalist adventures.
After hijacking a balloon from a Confederate camp, a band of five northern prisoners escapes the American Civil War. Seven thousand miles later, they drop from the clouds onto an uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific. Through teamwork, scientific knowledge, engineering, and perseverance, they endeavour to build a colony from scratch. But this island of abundant resources has its secrets. The castaways discover they are not alone. A shadowy, yet familiar, agent of their unfathomable fate is watching.
What unfolds in Jules Verne’s imaginative marvel is both an enthralling mystery and the ultimate in survivalist adventures.
What do you get when you have a cyclone, a hot air balloon, five men, and a dog? Lost castaways on... The Mysterious Island!
What a great amount of imagination was poured into this story! -- While many elements of the plot may seem fantastical, it all comes out rather quite natural... With a giant wave of creative thinking splashed upon it, that is.
And... What remarkable feats of engineering these men concoct with limited tools and resources! -- Their ingenuity quite reminds me The Swiss Family Robinson.
The novel works as a sequel (of sorts) to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea -- since eventually we catch up with Captain Nemo, and find what has happened with him ever since.
Epic. Adventure.
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This is a book I have considered for the classics challenge but not read yet. Knowing Captain Nemo is in it spurs me on to read it, since I read 20,000 Leagues last year.
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